Some time back a group of 15 or 16 Americans came from USA to India. They were all white, half of them women.Someone organised a meeting between them and me in Delhi. When we sat together I mentioned in my address to them that the condition of blacks of USAContinue Reading
[ad_1] The morning that Sulieman decided he had to risk the dangerous escape from Sudan’s capital with his parents, American wife and his two American children was the morning that the war found Sulieman, friends say. In the wholesale looting that has accompanied fighting in the capital, Khartoum, a cityContinue Reading
[ad_1] Broadly, the national survey, which is conducted biennially, revealed two important shifts in high school student demographics: Just over 49 percent of respondents identified as being part of a racial or ethnic minority group, compared to 48.9 percent in 2019 and 46.5 percent in 2017, and about 25 percentContinue Reading
[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host mentioned former first lady Melania Trump’s birthday, with People reporting that Trump would join her “if his schedule allows”. Kimmel noted that he was “very busy with the yelling and the golf” and that day had been sharing social media postsContinue Reading
[ad_1] South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol brought the White House down with his surprise rendition of Don McLean’s “American Pie” Wednesday night. After a round of musical performances at the lavish state dinner, Yoon took the microphone. “Long, long time ago,” he sang, immediately drawing shouts, applause and fistContinue Reading
[ad_1] British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed to pay more than $635m (£511m) to US authorities after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate US sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea and commit bank fraud. The tobacco sales at the heart of Tuesday’s settlementContinue Reading
[ad_1] Peoria, Ill., saw a spike in violent crime through the pandemic that startled local leaders. Gun violence among young people in particular was going up at a disturbing pace in a city that already had one of the highest murder rates in the country. Democratic Mayor Rita Ali neededContinue Reading
[ad_1] America’s mayors are on the frontlines of crises hitting cities across the country, finding themselves consumed with fighting drug epidemics, homelessness and the devastating effects of climate change. Yet mayors aren’t often heard from on the national stage. Until now. Welcome to POLITICO’s Mayors Club, a first-of-its-kind roundtable ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Being a mayor means being a manager, a problem-solver, a coach, an inspirational speaker, a people person and a punching bag. Anything and everything going on in town can wind up on your desk. And while you may have allies on your city council or in your state legislature,Continue Reading
[ad_1] It remains to be seen how comfortable the House GOP can be as a home for Steel and Kim, emigres from South Korea whose friendship long predates their service in Congress. These days, both represent districts that Democrats have targeted in recent campaigns. Steel acknowledged that the women’s entryContinue Reading